Something tells me I was right to suspect the master cylinder was bad.

I have never seen as master cylinder this nasty. Fortunately after some cleaning, the seal & shaft on the booster were still intact, so I shouldn’t need to replace that.

I bled the master, but need to pick up more brake fluid to finish bleeding the lines. Hopefully this will be the end of the brake saga.

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The buyer showed up today to pick up the donor wagon. He drove 7 hours each way to get it, and was happy with it. I was happy to make back $500 of the $600 I paid for it. So it was a win for both of us